Douglas Wilder

Lawrence Douglas Wilder (17 January 1931-) was Governor of Virginia (D) from 13 January 1990 to 15 January 1994 (succeeding Gerald Baliles and preceding George Allen) and Mayor of Richmond from 2 January 2005 to 1 January 2009 (succeeding Rudy McCollum and preceding Dwight Jones).

Biography
Lawrence Douglas Wilder was born in the Church Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia in 1931, and he served in the US Army during the Korean War. He went on to establish a legal practice in his hometown, and he served as a Democratic state senator from 1969 to 1986. He served as Lieutenant Governor from 1986 to 1990 under Governor Gerald Baliles, becoming the first African-American to hold statewide office in Virginian history. In 1990, he was elected to serve as the first African-American state governor since Reconstruction. He served until 1994, and he made a political comeback in 2005 when he was elected Mayor of Richmond. He left office in 2009 and became a professor and the founder of the US National Slavery Museum.